Toll appeals Common Pleas decision

Toll Bros. Inc. has appealed last month’s Common Pleas Court decision upholding Westtown Township’s denial of conditional use approval for a proposed development of Crebilly Farm. Toll’s attorney Gregg Adelman said briefs explaining the grounds for the appeal would be filed in Commonwealth Court “in the near future.” Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark L. Tunnell heard Toll’s appeal of the township’s decision on…

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Edgar Leon Willis of West Chester

Edgar Leon Willis, 94, of West Chester, formerly of West Grove, died Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Pocopson Home. He was the husband of Carol McCleary Willis who died in 2003, and with whom he shared 20 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, he was the son of the late Water Willis and the late Frances Bryan Willis. He was a machine operator at…

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Helen C. Dietze, formerly of Chadds Ford

Helen C. Dietze, formerly of Chadds Ford, died suddenly on Aug. 21. Helen was born in Durham, N.C. in 1929 on the eve of the Great Depression. The youngest daughter of a Methodist minister, she moved to a new parish every few years - from Durham, to Dunn, then Beaufort, Sanford, New Bern, Siler City, Andalusia, Benson, and later Greensboro and Chapel Hill — accumulating…

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Adopt-a-Pet Oct. 22

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Corky Corky brings the party with him. He’s an upbeat, fun pooch who loves all the people he meets and enjoys playing with other playful dogs in playgroups. This 3-year-old would make a great family dog in a home without cats. Corky qualifies for the “Find Your New Boo”…

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